Map Coordinates

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Handouts
Vocabulary
  • Absolute Location
  • Coordinates
  • Equator
  • Geographic Grid
  • Lines of Latitude
  • Lines of Longitude
  • Prime Meridian
  • Relative Location
Monday
  1. What two names are given for the lines that run around the Earth in an east-west direction?
  2. What two names are given for the lines that run around the Earth from the north to the south?
Tuesday
  1. The map of Australia is shown on a geographic grid. What does that mean?
  2. Is it possible to find coordinates on the map of Australia? Why or why not?
Wednesday
  1. Which states of Australia have land area along the latitude line of 30 degrees S?
  2. Which state in Australia would include the coordinates 43 degrees S latitude, 148 degrees E longitude?
Thursday
  1. What is the capital of the Northern Territory? Estimate its coordinates.
  2. What is the name of Australia's national capital? Estimate its coordinates.
Friday
  1. Which sea includes the coordinates 10 degrees S, 130 degrees E? Do the coordinates show the relative or absolute location of the sea?
  2. Why are all the lines of latitude labeled "S", and all the longitude lines labeled "E"?